That's why they had Remans.
Star Trek comics preview released
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That's why they had Remans.
I've got an interesting question/angle:
So far, it's seems to be "official" practice amongst most fans that what is seen on camera, is usually considered Trek "canon", and what is written in the novels (comics), generally not taken into Trek lore & history.
So then - Is the Countdown comic prequel series going to be considered Trek "canon" since it's officially connected with the movie?
If yes...............then I'm ecstatic with the twist at the end.
(I can't wait to see how they explain this)
So far, it's seems to be "official" practice amongst most fans that what is seen on camera, is usually considered Trek "canon", and what is written in the novels (comics), generally not taken into Trek lore & history.
So then - Is the Countdown comic prequel series going to be considered Trek "canon" since it's officially connected with the movie?
If yes...............then I'm ecstatic with the twist at the end.
(I can't wait to see how they explain this)
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Good question, and one I expect many bloody battles to be waged over until TPTB make it official one way or the other.
I don't see why it shouldn't be canon though; the film authors penned it as well, correct?
I don't see why it shouldn't be canon though; the film authors penned it as well, correct?
That's my thinking as well. Along with the full approval from the film's producers, director, and Paramount management.
No one is proclaiming what makes ST canon any more.
Paula Block, of CBS Consumer Products, and the editors at Pocket Books and IDW Comics will no doubt be having a few meetings at some point.
They provided the "story".
Gene Roddenberry's TMP novelization, David Gerrold's "Encounter at Farpoint" novelization, Jeri Taylor's "Mosaic" and "Pathways" and Denny Martin Flinn's "The Fearful Summons" aren't canonical.
I like that crap dialogue can now be considered good because it's "realistic" and ANY quality that isn't like those "too perfect" humans is good no matter how base or off it might be. This movie just can't fail.
Try as I might I just can't get behind this space drill thing, it seems as cheesy as anything they claim they're trying to get past.
Try as I might I just can't get behind this space drill thing, it seems as cheesy as anything they claim they're trying to get past.
A thought just occurs to me. The title of this comic book is Coutdown. What do countdowns usually end with? Zero. I'm telling you, this movie has some kind of love affair with that number.
That dead zero horse has been beaten so hard, it's now underground and fast approaching Vulcan's core.
Why are you bringing Nero's Space Drill into this?
Oh right, it's in the comic, isn't it?
If a show is set in a small hillbilly town in Indiana or Kentucky, and people there say "Geetar" and "Gitchur pickens here" does that mean that EVERYONE on Earth speaks exactly like that because the group of people shown may speak like that? Earth is full of many different languages and different dialects within those languages, etc. So is it impossible that this would apply to other worlds as well? I wouldnt think so. Why must ALL Romulans speak exactly the same then? They don't. Humans dont even do that, never have, likely never will.
Also take into consideration this is adapted for comic book form, so we may see a little "unusual" language but at the same time I don't think it is impossible to expect different forms of the language either.
No. Only what's part of Paramount's live-action film and TV production Trek is "canon." That's it. Nothing else, no matter how "official," counts.
Isn't that just a bit contradictory statement?
The writers and production team have stated the the comic prequel is the back story to the movie.
So..............that would lead me think that the comic is at the very least strongly heading into canon territory.
*Track Record FYI - The writers have done the same with the other movie franchise they're associated with. And those comic prequels have been treated as canon in that world/fanbase (along with Paramount).
Isn't that just a bit contradictory statement?
The writers and production team have stated the the comic prequel is the back story to the movie.
So..............that would lead me think that the comic is at the very least strongly heading into canon territory.
No, it just means that the writers consider it backstory.
If it doesn't appear on screen, future writers and producers - or even the current ones - aren't under even a little pressure to refer to it or deal with it should it somehow contradict something else they want to do.
Jeri Taylor wrote a "Voyager" novel about Janeway that she considered "canon" when she was the executive producer. Later writers and producers ignored it.
The only contradiction would be in stating that something which doesn't fall under the studio's working definition of "canon" - ie, a comic book or novel or cartoon - is canon anyway.
Thank You.............for some form of agreement/vindication!
The other way I look at it, is that with the kicker/spoiler at the end of Countdown #1, it can at the very least be an open doorway for future writers to explore this new angle/development in comics and novels.
PS: When can we openly talk about the "spoiler", and drop the covert/coded conversations....................?
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The first third of Vonda McIntyre's chunky ST III adaptation is all prequel to that movie. But the old Star Trek Office often stated that tie-in prequels (and novelizations) are not canonical.
IGN has a review: http://comics.ign.com/articles/946/946927p1.html
I think I will check it out on my weekly comics run (aka laundry day).
I think I will check it out on my weekly comics run (aka laundry day).
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